Question

But to read nothing but books of fiction is like eating nothing but cakes and sweet meats
why in this sentence we use verb is instead of are?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Because we are talking about a single thing (to read nothing but books of fiction)....Here "to read nothing but books of fiction" is taken as a whole...We are actually focusing on "to read nothing"...Ignore "but books of fiction" and then you will see that "is" is making more sense...I hope it helps